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I am addicted to caffeine.  I read about all the negative side effects so I decided to stop drinking it.   I stopped cold turkey.   I don't have any headaches or cravings but I am exhausted all of the time.  I can't think strait and I have zero motivation to do anything.   I go to bed very early and I have a hard time waking up. My brain feels "foggy" or out of it.   I eat right and I do some light exercise everyday (Walking the dog).   This has been going on for about three weeks.

Do you have any recommendations on how to find energy while I continue to kick this addiction?

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Hi Autumn.

You should withdraw from coffee (caffeine) only very gradually over a period of say three weeks

Please see:

How to withdraw from caffeine (coffee) at:
http://www.chiff.com/health/caffeine-withdrawal.htm


which gives a lot of information.
It might be an idea to go on a hypoglycemic diet, to stabilise blood sugar levels. Also search for "caffeine" at our web site at www.hypoglycemia.asn.au for more information about caffeine.

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapist

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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GETTING OFF THE HOOK
which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter

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BA(Psych) (Sydney University) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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